Magnum Events
Broken Manual
Sean Kelly Gallery is delighted to announce the opening of Alec Soth’s new exhibition, Broken Manual. The opening will take place on Thursday, February 2, from 6pm until 8pm. The artist will be present.
Broken Manual will be Soth’s premiere exhibition with the gallery and the first opportunity to view such a large selection of this important body of work in New York. The majority of photographs that comprise this compelling series were taken over a four-year period, from 2006-2010. They reflect Soth’s increasing interest in the mounting anger and frustration that some—specifically male—Americans feel with societal constraints and their subsequent desire to remove themselves from civilization. The resultant work is a group of portraits of men and the landscapes they inhabit that are poignant, disturbing and mysterious. Soth’s uncanny ability to gain the trust of those whom he photographs gave him unprecedented access to these notoriously elusive individuals, in moments, variously, of brooding, deep reflection or vulnerability.
The genesis of the work is Soth’s fascination with the life of Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk who, prior to his death in 1968, lived for almost three decades at the remote Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. Additionally, Soth studied the years that Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph spent evading the authorities in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. In visits to these two locations, Soth realized that both these men’s stories ignited “a fantasy of retreat”.
Soth’s alter ego, Lester B. Morrison, was borne out of his research on this topic. Morrison created a text—the eponymously titled manual that accompanies the exhibition—written to aid others who, like him, choose to retreat from society and live off the grid in a remote area of the country. In it, he offers helpful hints on everything from disguising one’s appearance to creating a pseudonym. Soth, in turn inspired by Morrison’s manual, traveled the country taking photographs that illustrated Morrison’s ideas. Morrison proclaims: “Let this book be your guide. Over the last few years I’ve studied the experts of escape. Let us now praise these lonely men: hermits and hippies, monks and survivalists.” He goes on to explain, “I’ve included a number of photos by my comrade Alec Soth. When you look at these scenes, try to put yourself in the picture. Visualize your new life on the lam. Before you know it, you just might make the break.”
In addition to the photographs in the main gallery, gallery two will include a site-specific installation of the special edition of the Broken Manual book. This highly sought-after, signed and numbered edition is placed inside larger found books, the interiors of which have been carved out to create a secret repository for the manual, an action that mimics the concealment of covert material by someone living a double-life, who must hide evidence of their alternative existence from those around them. A very limited number of the special edition books will be available for sale from the gallery.
Gallery one will feature the 2011 full-length documentary, Somewhere to Disappear (running time: 57 minutes). Directed by Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove, and produced by Mas Films, the film follows Soth as he travels across America in search of the subjects for Broken Manual. The screening schedule for Somewhere to Disappear will be posted in the gallery and on our website. For more information about the film, please visit the Somewhere to Disappear website.
Soth has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In 2008, a large survey exhibition of Soth's work was exhibited at the Jeu de Paume in Paris and the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland. In 2010, the Walker Art Center mounted a comprehensive exhibition with an accompanying catalogue entitled From Here To There, Alec Soth’s America. His first monograph, Sleeping by the Mississippi, was published by Steidl in 2004 to great critical acclaim. Since then, Soth has published NIAGARA (2006), Fashion Magazine (2007), Dog Days, Bogotá (2007), The Last Days of W (2008) and Broken Manual (2010). Steidl will release the trade publication of Broken Manual in early 2012. In 2008, Soth started his own highly-regarded publishing company, Little Brown Mushroom. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, amongst others. Soth became a nominee of Magnum Photos in 2004 and a full member in 2008.
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Sat: 10am - 6pm
Sean Kelly Gallery
528 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
United States
Phone: 212.239.1181
Magnum Contact Sheets
Produced in conjunction with the publication Magnum Contact Sheets (Thames & Hudson, Nov 2011) the Stills Gallery is delighted to present a complementary exhibition featuring early and original contact sheets by Magnum photographers.
A landmark new book, Magnum Contact Sheets presents an unparalleled wealth of unpublished material, revealing the story behind many iconic and historical images of modern times taken by the world’s most celebrated photographers. The book shows their creative process and also acts, in the words of Martin Parr, as an ‘epitaph to the contact sheet’ as it marks the end of the analog era as we move to a digital generation.
Often compared to an artist’s sketchbook, the contact sheet, a direct print of a roll or sequence of negatives, is the photographer’s first look at what he or she captured on film, and provides a uniquely intimate glimpse into their working process. It gives a behind-the-scenes sense of walking alongside the photographer and seeing through their eyes.
The images featured in the book – both celebrated icons of photography and lesser-known surprises – encompass over seventy years of history: from the D-Day Normandy landings by Robert Capa, the 1968 Paris riots by Bruno Barbey and war in Chechnya by Thomas Dworzak, to René Burri’s filmic sequence of close-ups of Che Guevara, classic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden, and Eve Arnold’s iconic portrait of the charismatic and image-savvy Malcolm X. Further insight into each contact sheet is provided by texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by members’ estates.
Magnum Contact Sheets includes 139 contact sheets together with the accompanying final image, representing 69 photographers, as well as zoom-in details, selected photographs, press cards, notebooks, annotations and spreads from important publications, including Life magazine and Picture Post.
The accompanying exhibition features over 30 intriguing contact sheets. Some are displayed alongside their final images, such as Thomas Hoepker’s vintage contact sheet featuring Muhammed Ali jumping and Susan Meiselas' powerful Carnival Strippers. As well as classic Magnum material the exhibition features a variety of diverse contemporary photographers, such as the large format contact sheets of Alec Soth & Stuart Franklin and medium format contact sheets by Mark Power.
This unequalled book and exhibition provides a unique insight into the inner workings and though processes of some of the world’s greatest photographers.
A special edition book consisting of a clothbound copy of Magnum Contact Sheets placed in a presentation case is available. It contains an individual 16 x 12” contact sheet selected from a series of 10, with each contact sheet printed in editions of 50. Each contact sheet is numbered, embossed with ‘Magnum Photos Collection’ on the white border, and hand-stamped with the photographer’s copyright on the verso. All contact sheets have been produced at Magnum’s own print room as archival Giclée prints and to Magnum’s exacting standards.
Magnum Contact Sheets, published 7th November, is edited by Kristen Lubben, Associate Curator of the International Center of Photography, New York. Among her previous books are Susan Meiselas: In History and Amelia Earhart: Image and Icon, both published by Steidl.
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Stills Gallery
36 Gosbell Street / Paddington
Sydney, New South Wales 2021
Australia
Phone: 61-2-9331 7775
Just Light Like
“It is foolish to change the vector of chaos. You shouldn’t try to control it, but fall into it. An artist cannot be nourished by self-will. Curiousity melts you down to the size of the lens’ opening-so you can slip into the unknown. «No one’s gone that far before» is the singular compliment for the insatiable imagination. It’s not a sin to get lost. You should lose your way, just be sure to find a way to get back ! The return after all, is the most touching- like Breu¬ghal’s hunters coming back to the hearth, or Rembrant’s prodigal son returning home. That is the heart of it all, at the end. But it starts, of course, with the feet!” -Gueorgui Pinkhassov
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Huelva,
Spain
Black Country Stories
Black Country Stories brings renowned Magnum photographer, Martin Parr, on a photographic journey across the Black Country. Starting in 2010 and finishing in 2014, Martin is visiting markets, temples, factories, social clubs, tea dances, dog training classes, summer fetes and a whole mixture of other places in Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Dudley.
This special display showcases the photographs Martin took in Walsall throughout 2011. Over the last 12 months he visited local leather and metal factories and met the people that keep these industries alive; various places of worship that reflect the cultural diversity of our borough; experienced our vibrant social scene; sampled traditional Black Country foods and joined our Royal Wedding celebrations!
You can also listen to a selection of stories from Walsall residents talking about their lives, work, families, and experiences of the Black Country and share your own experiences in our ‘memory wall’. A final exhibition will take place at the gallery in 2014, followed by presentations in Wolverhampton and Dudley.
The New Art Gallery Walsall is grateful to Launer London, Kirkpatrick Traditional Ironwork, J.& E. Sedgewick & Co and Pat Gorman Pies for donating some of their products for the exhibition.
Black Country Stories is commissioned and produced by Multistory, a community arts organisation based in West Bromwich.
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The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square
Walsall, West Midlands WS2 8LG
Phone: +44 (0) 01922 654400
Think of Finland
Renowned photographer Martin Parr takes a look at Finnishness.
Laboratory’s opening exhibition is British photographer Martin Parr’s eye-opening Think of Finland. Parr’s exhibition presents a never-before-seen body of work from the internationally renowned photographer and member of the Magnum Photos agency. In August 2011 Parr travelled between Helsinki in the south and Oulu in the north, capturing images of Finns and the Finnish way of life. The photographs depict Finns without sentimentality but with warmth and tenderness.
“I have long been fascinated by Finland, since I was Professor of Photography at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in the early 90s, so how good to have this chance to return with my camera and create a new body of work,” Parr says. “The Finns are a delightfully quirky people, so I wanted to show this and also the tension between tradition and modernity.”
A making of film on Martin Parr’s journey across Finland will be screened at the gallery during the exhibition.
Martin Parr (b. 1952) is a British photographer known for his intimate photographs tinged with satirical humour, showing the society we live in. Parr has photographed, among other things, British suburban life, the superrich – and last year, Finns and Finnishness. Parr is a member of the renowned Magnum Photos agency. He has published almost 50 books of photography and his work has been shown in 80 exhibitions around the world.
A making of film on Martin Parr’s journey across Finland is screened at the gallery during the exhibition. Video was shot with Nokia N8 and directed by Rami Hanafi.
Exhibiton brought to Laboratory by Nokia.
Related Links When & WhereTue–Sun: 11–18
Laboratory
Erottajankatu 9 B / (Courtyard)
Helsinki,
Finland
Traces
Magnum Photos together with Fondazione Merz presents Traces by Josef Koudelka.
TRACES features an important selection of black and white panoramic photographs, which are part of the Piemonte Project that the Regione Piemonte commissioned to Koudelka in 2004 on the occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. The work reveals a region rich in culture, history, memories, and innovations, but also full of strong contradictions.
To give an historic overview of Josef Koudelka’s work three videos Invasion (1968), Gypsies (1975) and Chaos, as well as his most important books published throughout his career, from the early 1970’s to the recent edition of Gypsies published in 2011 will accompany the exhibition.
TRACES is produced in conjunction with the publication Piemonte (Ed.Xavier Barral in France and Contrasto Editore in Italy, 2009), featuring 82 pictures introduced by Italian contemporary writer, Giuseppe Culicchia.
Related Links When & WhereTues-Sun: 11 a.m - 7 p.m
Fondazione Merz
Via Limone, 24
Turin, 10141
Italy
Phone: 011.19719437
SON
"These images were not intentional. I did not set out to make this body of work. These photographs are an organic response to an experience that is at the same time the most unique and the most universal of experiences: the birth of a child. The photographs that resulted from that response are simple pictures of my family made during the first two years of my son's life. At the same time that I was experiencing the intense joy of new life, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer. It's fair to say that I found myself reflecting on obvious themes of life and death. Through my son, my role as the son took on new meaning and my senses were hypertuned to the evidence of my own life passing. Then these photographs just sort of happened. They are a record of love and a reflection on the seasonal nature of life."
-Christopher Anderson, January 2012
This exhibition presents this very personal work of Christopher Anderson accross a selection of about fifteen prints that records his intimate life with his wife and son.
With this series Christopher Anderson comes back to color photography after Capitolio, a wonderful black and white corpus about the upheavals of contemporary Caracas,Venezuela
Christopher is also well known for his work on politics, war and other news.
Born in 1970 in Canada he is a Magnum Photographer since 2010.
Related Links When & WhereTues - Sat: 11am - 7pm
Magnum Gallery
13 Rue de l'Abbaye
Paris, 75006
France
Phone: +33 1 46 34 42 59
Homage
The foyer of the Versicherungskammer Bayern shows as a tribute to the grande dame of photography in a retrospective this spring (14 March to 3 June 2012) and thus Eve Arnold's first exhibition in Germany. Presented are her stories, including New York by Night, Harlem Fashion Show, the first five minutes in the life of a baby, voodoo in Haiti and Malcolm X, Vogue fashion shows in 1977, her travel photographs from Afghanistan (late 60s), China and India (around 1980) and legendary star portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Isabella Rossellini, Clark Gable, Peter O'Toole and Anthony Quinn. Particularly close to Marilyn Monroe, whom she accompanied during a period of ten years and photographed.
Eve Arnold, born in 1912 as a child of Russian immigrants in Philadelphia and since 1951 a member of the legendary Magnum Photos agency, was one of the great photographer of the 20th Century. Her photo reportage from around the world has been featured in Life, Picture Post, The Sunday Times Magazine, but more importantly her portraits are characterized by a sensitive and very personal look. Their credo that the photographer and the camera, the instrument is disclosed in each of its impressive sensitive images, whether they're about foreign places, or unusual everyday life, from celebrities or anonymous people.
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Kunstfoyer der Versicherungskammer Bayern
Maximilianstr. 53
Munich, 80530
Germany
All About Eve
Eve Arnold was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Russian immigrant parents. She began photographing in 1946, while working at a photo-finishing plant in New York City, and then studied photography in 1948 with Alexei Brodovitch at the New School for Social Research in New York.
Arnold first became associated with Magnum Photos in 1951, and became a full member in 1957. She was based in the US during the 1950s but went to England in 1962 to put her son through school; except for a six-year interval when she worked in the US and China, she lived in the UK for the rest of her life.
Her time in China led to her first major solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in 1980, where she showed the resulting images. In the same year, she received the National Book Award for In China and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers.
In later years she received many other honours and awards. In 1995 she was made fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and elected Master Photographer - the world's most prestigious photographic honour - by New York's International Center of Photography. In 1996 she received the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award for In Retrospect, and the following year she was granted honorary degrees by the University of St Andrews, Staffordshire University, and the American International University in London; she was also appointed to the advisory committee of the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford, UK. She has had twelve books published.
Eve passed away in January of 2012.
Related Links When & WhereTues-Fri, 10am-6pm
Sat, 11am-5pm
Art Sensus
7 Howick Place
London, SW1P 1BB
United Kingdom
Phone: +44(0)20 7630 9585
Larry Towell: Danger and Aftermath
Danger and Aftermath is a salon-style installation of the latest photography by Larry Towell, a Bothwell-based photographer and the first Canadian member of the renowned cooperative Magnum Photos. Featured works from a number of series explore dire conflicts over issues of land, control and identity in Gaza, the West Bank, and in Lebanon. Towell's views of the 9/11 tragedy lead as well as more recent imagery of an embattled Afghanistan are also featured.
Danger and Aftermath is in fact the first public exhibition of the Afghanistan series. The photos capture the turmoil caused by longstanding war, corruption and displacement; the peril of landmines, and the mushrooming of addiction. Large-scale prints and panoramas create an almost immersive experience, with the content - victims of war, ruins, detainees and insurgents - having even greater impact.
Towell studied art at York University in Toronto. Volunteer work in Calcutta led him to work as an independent photographer and writer. In the 1980s, while in Nicaragua with a human rights delegation, he committed himself to photographing issues of unrest, identity and landlessness. His award-winning camera work has been included in many magazines, as well as in many publications, including more than a dozen books. Towell has also recorded several CDs of original poetry and songs.
Related Links When & WhereTues-Wed: Noon to 5:00 pm
Thurs: Noon to 9:00 pm
Fri-Sun: Noon to 5:00 pm
Closed Monday
Museum | London
421 Ridout Street
North London, Ontario N6A 5H4
Canada
Phone: 519.661.0333
Magnum Contact Sheets
Magnum Contact Sheets reveals how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. The contact sheet, a direct print of a roll or sequence of negatives, is the photographer's first look at what he or she has captured on film, and provides a uniquely intimate glimpse into their working process. It records each step on the route to arriving at an image—providing a rare behind-the-scenes sense of walking alongside the photographer and seeing through their eyes. Including both celebrated icons of photography and lesser-known surprises, the exhibition functions as an "epitaph" to the contact sheet, now rendered obsolete by digital photography. Through these fascinating and usually private images, the exhibition celebrates what and how photographers saw for nearly a century. Coinciding with the publication of Magnum Contact Sheets (Thames & Hudson), edited by ICP Associate Curator Kristen Lubben, the exhibition includes a selection of some of the 139 contact sheets in the book.
Related Links When & WhereTues–Wed: 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Thurs–Fri: 10:00 am–8:00 pm
Sat–Sun: 10:00 am–6:00 pm
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
United States
Phone: 212.857.0000
The Sound of Two Songs (Poland 2004-2009)
The Sound of Two Songs is a Magnum touring exhibition, first shown and supported by Photomonth, Krakow, Poland. Impressions Gallery is funded by Arts Council England, Yorkshire, and Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
Mark Power (UK, 1959) A major figure in contemporary British photography, Mark Power’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world and published in several books and catalogues. He joined Magnum Photos as a Nominee in 2002, and became a full Member in 2007. Power has previously published four monographs of his work. The Shipping Forecast (1996), a poetic response to the esoteric language of daily maritime weather reports on BBC radio; Superstructure (2000), a documentation of the construction of London’s Millennium Dome; The Treasury Project (2002) which records the restoration of a nineteenth-century historical monument; and 26 Different Endings (2007) which depicts those landscapes that fall just off the edge of the London A-Z, the biggest selling atlas of any kind in the UK, and a map which could be said to define the boundaries of the British capital. Soon to be published will be Destroying the Laborat ory for the Sake of the Experiment, a collaboration with the poet Daniel Cockrill, which investigates English identity through a series of interlinked documentary poems and pictures. In 2007 Power curated the exhibition Theatres of War, which featured the work of five artists concerned with contemporary conflict and surveillance, was shown in the Oskar Schindler factory in Krakow, as part of the Photomonth festival that year. Alongside his activities as a photographer, he is also the Professor of photography at the University of Brighton.
Impressions Gallery promotes photography that gets people looking, thinking and talking. Established in 1972 as one of the first specialist photographic galleries in Europe, it has grown to become one of the UK’s leading independent venues for contemporary photography. Its new building in Centenary Square Bradford, which opened in August 2007, is the first public-funded specially built gallery for photography in the UK. Impressions is funded by Arts Council England, Yorkshire, and Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
Related Links When & WhereTues-Fri - 11am to 6pm
Sat - 12pm to 5pm
Impressions Gallery
7 Aldermanbury
Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 1SD
United Kingdom
Phone: 01274 737843
Studios de portraits éphémères
Le samedi 11 février 2012, cinq célèbres photographes de Magnum Photos, Paolo Pellegrin, Steve McCurry, Christopher Anderson, Bruce Gilden et Antoine d’Agata, installent leurs studios de portraits éphémères dans les suites de quatre hôtels de luxe parisiens et dans une salle de cinéma MK2 reconvertie pour l’occasion.
Pendant une journée, ils proposent aux couples de s’inviter dans leurs univers et de s’offrir le plus inoubliable des souvenirs: venir se faire photographier à deux pour incarner le couple iconique de demain.
Chaque couple photographié dans un hôtel aura la possibilité de participer à un tirage au sort pour tenter de gagner la nuit dans l’hôtel ou il s’est fait photographier.
- Paolo Pellegrin au Mama Shelter
Studio de portraits le 11 Février 2012 de 10h à17h
Rencontre avec le photographe et signature le 12 février 2012 à partir de 11h
Mama Shelter, 109 Rue de Bagnolet 75020 Paris
- Steve McCurry à l’Hôtel La Belle Juliette (Hôtels Paris Rive Gauche)
Studio de portraits le 11 février 2012 de 10h à 19h
Rencontre avec le photographe et Signature à 19h
Exposition d’oeuvres choisies du 11 au 14 février 2012
La Belle Juliette, 92, rue du Cherche Midi - 75006 Paris
- Antoine d’Agata à l’hôtel Amour
Studio de portraits le 11 février 2012 de 10h à 19h
Hôtel Amour, 8 rue Navarrin, 75009 Paris
- Bruce Gilden à l’Hôtel Lutetia
Studio de portraits le 11 février 2012 de 10h à 19h
Lutetia, 45 boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris
- Christopher Anderson au cinéma MK2 Bibliothèque
Studio de portraits le 11 février de 10h à 19h
MK2 Bibliothèque,128/162 avenue de France, 75013 Paris
Inscriptions sur réservation exclusivement
250€ pour un portrait signé A4
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Informations : inlovewithmagnum@magnumphotos.fr
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Paris,
France
Expositions, rencontres, signatures
Exposition « L’œil de l’éléphant – œuvres choisies » de Guy Le Querrec
La musique, et tout particulièrement le jazz qu’il fréquente depuis les années 60, occupent une place importante dans le travail de Guy Le Querrec. Le Royal Monceau vous propose de commencer votre balade romantique en vous entraînant dans l’univers musical et poétique de celui qui se décrit comme « un photographe, véritable funambule sur le fil du hasard qui cherche à attraper les étoiles filantes ».
“Signature du livre objet « In love »
La Magnum Gallery vous accueille le Dimanche 12 février 2012 à 15h pour une signature exceptionnelle du livre objet cartes postales « In love » avec Steve McCurry, Paolo Pellegrin, Bruce Gilden, Antoine d’Agata et Christopher Anderson. Venez faire signer en invité d’honneur votre objet collector et rencontrer cinq auteurs majeurs de la photographie du XXIème siècle.
Expositions « In Love » et « portraits de couples » chez Colette
Les photographies du livre objet carte postale « In Love » seront exposées chez Colette du 30 janvier au 25 février 2012 Devenus icônes de l’amour et du Paris romantique pour « In Love with Magnum », les portraits des couples réalisés lors des studios éphémères seront présentés au public chez Colette le 14 février 2012, jour de la Saint Valentin. Accueillis sur les murs du water-bar, venez découvrir et partager un peu de vous au travers d’une exposition surprenante dans l’intimité des studios.
Exposition « SON » de Christopher Anderson
Pour clôturer cette balade photographique Magnum Photos autour des sentiments et relations intimes, la Magnum Gallery est heureuse de présenter l’exposition « SON » de Christopher Anderson et de vous inviter à son Vernissage le mardi 14 février 2012 à partir de 19h. Cette nouvelle exposition de Christopher Anderson nous emmène dans l’intimité d’une famille, une mise au point sur les relations singulières entre un homme et sa femme, son fils, son père... Les liens d’amour, de tendresse et les changements que le temps opère sur chacun d’entre eux.
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Magnum Gallery
13 Rue de l'Abbaye
Paris, 75006
France
Ventes de livres d'auteurs et lancement du livre "In Love"
Nouveautés, ouvrages de référence et livres rares en éditions limitées et signées... Magnum Photos et Magnum Gallery ouvrent une nouvelle fois leurs portes et leur bibliothèque exceptionnelle au public pour une vente de livres rares et d’occasion de ses auteurs légendaires.
Lancement en exclusivité du livre objet cartes postales « In love »
A l’occasion de cet évènement spécial des Magnum Days «In love with Magnum», Magnum Photos et les éditions Verlhac lancent en édition limitée un petit livre objet de 10 cartes postales, illustrées de photographies issues du fond d’archives de Magnum Photos.
Complément cadeau original et unique de la Saint Valentin pour soi, ou à offrir et envoyer, « In love » sera disponible en avant première le 11 février 2012 chez Magnum Photos, Magnum Gallery et dans les studios de portraits éphémères. Disponible en librairie à partir de la fin février 2012. In Love, Editions Verlhac, février 2012, 9.95€
Related Links11h à 19h
Magnum Gallery
13 rue de l’Abbaye
Paris 75006
Magnum Photos
19 rue Hegesippe Moreau
Paris, 75018
France
In love with Magnum
A l’occasion de cette fête des amoureux et de la 4ème édition des Magnum Days, Magnum Photos vous propose de participer au cadeau le plus original de la Saint Valentin 2012, dans un véritable parcours atypique, poétique, romantique, incroyable, surprenant… au coeur de la capitale.
Au coeur du combat:
A l’occasion de cette édition spéciale des Magnum Days autour du couple et de l’amour et des 20 ans de Solidarité Sida, 20% des bénéfices de cette opération seront reversés à l’association.
Une balade photographique au coeur de Paris:
- Studios de portraits éphémères:
Une occasion exceptionnelle de vivre un moment inoubliable en couple avec les photographes iconiques de Magnum Photos et de s’offrir un cadeau unique pour la Saint Valentin. Avec Steve McCurry, Paolo Pellegrin, Bruce Gilden, Antoine d’Agata, Christopher Anderson. Samedi 11 février 2012 - 10h à 19h - Sur réservation uniquement. Hôtels Lutetia, Mama Shelter, La Belle Juliette, Hôtel Amour, MK2 Bibliothèque.
Les portraits réalisés dans les studios éphémères seront présentés au public lors d’une installation originale chez Colette le 14 février 2012
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- Vente de livres d’auteurs:
Une nouvelle opportunité de venir découvrir, partager, rencontrer et profiter d’un moment unique dans le monde fascinant de Magnum Photos. Cette vente de livres d’auteurs et de légende sera marquée par le lancement du livre objet cartes-postales Magnum Photos « In Love », disponible le samedi 11 février 2012 dans les studios de portraits éphémères, chez Magnum Photos et Magnum Gallery. Du samedi 11 au mardi 14 février 2012 - 11h à 19h
- Expositions, rencontres, signatures:
Venez partager un instant privilégié avec les photographes au cours d’une balade photographique Magnum Photos exceptionnelle. Du samedi 11 au mardi 14 février 2012
Exposition « L’œil de l’éléphant – œuvres choisies » de Guy Le Querrec
L’exposition « L’œil de l’éléphant –œuvres choisies » de Guy Le Querrec sera présentée au Royal Monceau du 04 Février au 02 mars 2012.
Signature du livre objet cartes postales « In Love »
Signature et rencontre avec les photographes des studios de portraits éphémères le dimanche 12 février 2012 à 15h à la Magnum Gallery.
Expositions « In Love » chez colette
Exposition des photographies du livre objet carte postale « In Love » chez Colette du 30 janvier au 25 février 2012
Exposition « SON » de Christopher Anderson
Vernissage à la Magnum Gallery de l’exposition « Son » de Christopher Anderson le mardi 14 février 2012 à 19h, en présence de l’auteur.
Information: inlovewithmagnum@magnumphotos.fr
In Love with Magnum
Symbol of love and romance, Valentine's Day has become over the years a special time for all couples who strive to find the most original gifts for each other and to declare their love.
To mark this special time of love and for the Magnum Days’ fourth edition, Magnum Photos invites you to find the most original Valentine's Day gift of 2012 and participate to an unusual, poetic, romantic, incredible, surprising... moment, in the heart of the capital.
On the occasion of this special edition of Magnum Days on the theme of couples and love, Magnum Photos is marking twenty years of Solidarité Sida’s fighting AIDS by donating 20% of the profits to the charity.
Temporary portraits’ studios
An exceptional opportunity for couples to live an unforgettable moment together.
With iconic Magnum Photos photographers Steve McCurry, Paolo Pellegrin, Bruce Gilden, Antoine d’Agata and Christopher Anderson, give a unique gift for Valentine's Day.
Saturday 11th February - between 10am and 7pm - only by reservation.
Hôtels Lutetia, Mama Shelter, La Belle Juliette, Hôtel Amour, MK2 Bibliothèque.
The portraits realized during the studios will be presented to the public in an original installation at Colette on Tuesday, February 14th
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Book sales
A new opportunity to come, meet, share, and enjoy a unique relaxing moment, the fascinated world of Magnum Photos.
This books’ sale by legendary photographers will be marked by the launch of a small Magnum Photos’ postcards’ book "In Love", exclusively available from Saturday 11th of February 2012 on portraits’ studios, Magnum Photos Paris and Magnum Gallery in Saint Germain des prés.
Exhibitions, encounters and signatures
Come and share a special moment with the photographers in an exceptional photographic tour of Magnum Photographs.
From Saturday 11th February to Tuesday 14th February 2012.
Signings of the "In Love" postcard book.
Signings and meet with the photographers from the temporary studios on Sunday 12th February 2012 at 3pm at the Magnum Gallery.
Christopher Anderson’s "SON" exhibition
The preview of Christopher Anderson's "Son" exhibition will take place on Tuesday 14th February 2012 at 7p with the company of the author.
Information: inlovewithmagnum@magnumphotos.fr
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19 rue Hegesippe Moreau
Paris, 75018
France
"On the Road" Cairo / Alexandria Workshop with Nikos Economopoulos
"On the Road" Cairo/Alexandria Workshop with Nikos Economopoulos
"On the Road" is a series of workshops, combining spontaneous photography with the joy of the journey. They are organized for a limited number of participants, ranging from professional photographers to curious amateurs. Through the selection and discussion of the best images of the day, the participants will work towards developing their own photographic style and see their overall approach improve day by day.The aim is to guide the participants through technical, theoretical and aesthetic issues towards developing their own photographic style.
Cairo is a vast mega-city at the hub of the Islamic world. The 16m inhabitants move along the flow of the river, commuting between the crammed neighbourhoods. The present takes over the past, and the famous ancient monuments co-exist with enormous mosques and thriving bazaars.
Alexandria is a multi-cultural city overlooking the Mediterranean, where the layers of history stand in the passage between Europe and the East. Even in its decline, Alexandria inspired a string of poets, writers and artists. Nowadays, it is swelling in size with a large influx of population from the country-side, while at the same time, it is experiencing a re-birth.
The workshops are based on shooting during the day and editing during the evening. The use of digital photography is recommended as it facilitates the process of daily editing on the computer. Through the selection and discussion of the best images of the day, the participants will have the opportunity to see their technique and their overall approach improve day by day. The aim is to guide the participants through technical, theoretical and aesthetic issues towards developing their own photographic style.
Participants are welcome to bring into the first meeting portfolios of past work for a portfolio review.
Cost: 1.200 euro, (400 euro advance payment upon booking by bank transfer, 800 euro during the first meeting in cash)
Workshop location: To be announced. For further details and booking, please contact Marianna at ecassistant@gmail.com.
Accommodation info: Hotel booking is independent. For further details and booking, please contact Marianna at ecassistant@gmail.com.
More workshops with Nikos Economopoulos:
Patmos, Greece 11-18 April (7 days)
Urfa - Diyarbakir, Turkey 8-15 May (7 days)
Istanbul, Turkey 15-22 May (7 days)
Samarkand - Bukhara, Uzbekistan 5-16 June (11 days)
Tallinn, Estonia - Helsinki, Finland 2-11 July (9 days)
Istanbul, Turkey 26 Aug- 2 Sept (7 days)
Urfa-Diyarbakir, Turkey 7-14 Oct (7 days)
Varanasi - Delhi, India 28 Oct-5 Nov (9 days)
Bamako, Mali 21 Nov-2 Dec (11 days)
Istanbul, Turkey 9-16 Dec (7 days)
Cairo,
Egypt
Photography Masterclass
PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS @ THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE
With Alex Webb, Rebecca Norris Webb, and David Chickey
Do you know where you're going next with your photography –– or where it’s taking you? This intensive weekend workshop will help photographers begin to understand their own distinct way of seeing the world. It will also help photographers figure out their next step photographically –– from deepening their own unique vision to the process of discovering and making a long-term project that they’re passionate about, as well as the process of how long-term projects evolve into books and exhibitions. A workshop for serious amateurs and professionals alike, it will be taught by Alex and Rebecca, a creative team who often edit projects and books together –– including their book and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, exhibition, "Violet Isle: A Duet of Photographs from Cuba.” They will teach the workshop with David Chickey, noted book designer and the creative director of Radius Books. David collaborated with Alex and Rebecca on their joint book, “Violet Isle,” on Alex’s recent book, “The Suffering of Light,” and on Rebecca’s upcoming book, “My Dakota.” The National Museum of Singapore is a venue partner of this photography workshop.
TO APPLY: Please email 10 small jpgs (72 dpi; 8 inches across on longest side) and a short statement about your relationship to photography (Please not more than 250 words, and include it as a WORD doc. if possible). For photographers who are working on a long-term project, please submit photographs from one project you are passionate and statement about this project. PLEASE SUBMIT 10 JPGS AND WORD DOC TO: webbnorriswebb@gmail.com.
APPLICATIONS OPEN: MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
APPLICATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
WORKSHOP NOTIFICATION: BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 10, 2012
For more information –– including workshop fees, how to make the payment, daily schedule –– visit: WebbNorrisWebb.com or Masterclass Facebook Page
Friday, March 9, 2012: 19:00-20:30: Alex and Rebecca’s joint slide talk, followed by a Q&A led by David Chickey @ the National Museum of Singapore
March 10 & 11, 2012: 10:00-18:00 Workshop @ the National Museum of Singapore
National Museum of Singapore
93 Stamford Road
, 178897
Singapore
Imagini e parole
44 images, among Cartier-Bresson's most inspirational, commented by intellectuals, writers, critics, photographers or simply by the author's friends, who further the themes tied in with photography: his communicative power, his statistic peculiarities, his role.
Born in Chanteloup, Seine-et-Marne, Henri Cartier-Bresson developed a strong fascination with painting early on, and particularly with Surrealism. In 1932, after spending a year in the Ivory Coast, he discovered the Leica - his camera of choice thereafter - and began a life-long passion for photography. In 1933 he had his first exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York. He later made films with Jean Renoir.
Taken prisoner of war in 1940, he escaped on his third attempt in 1943 and subsequently joined an underground organization to assist prisoners and escapees. In 1945 he photographed the liberation of Paris with a group of professional journalists and then filmed the documentary Le Retour (The Return).
In 1947, with Robert Capa, George Rodger, David 'Chim' Seymour and William Vandivert, he founded Magnum Photos. After three years spent travelling in the East, in 1952 he returned to Europe, where he published his first book, Images à la Sauvette (published in English as The Decisive Moment).
He explained his approach to photography in these terms, '"For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression."
From 1968 he began to curtail his photographic activities, preferring to concentrate on drawing and painting. In 2003, with his wife and daughter, he created the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris for the preservation of his work. Cartier-Bresson received an extraordinary number of prizes, awards and honorary doctorates. He died at his home in Provence on 3 August 2004, a few weeks short of his 96th birthday.
Related Links When & WherePalazzo Incontro
Via dei Prefetti, 22
Rome, 00187
Italy
Phone: +39 06 97276614
Street Photography Now
Street Photography Now. Street photography here and now.
Street photography is in fact a report. It can also be a memorial snapshot, or one taken straight from a family album. It does not need to be taken in the city, in the street – it can as well be shot in the depth of a forest, or in the middle of nowhere. Nowadays this photographic trend – certainly documentary and totally true, although sometimes it’s hard to believe – is a strong attraction for the photographers from all over the world.
The exhibition shall present works of such well-known authors as: Christophe Agou, Narelle Autio, Maciej Dakowicz, David Gibson, Bruce Gilden, Thierry Girard, Andrew Z. Glickman, Siegfried Hansen, Nils Jorgensen, Martin Kollar, Jesse Marlow, Jeff Mermelstein, Joel Meyerowitz, Mimi Mollica, Trent Parke, Martin Parr, Gus Powell, Mark Alor Powell, Paul Russell, Otto Snoek, Matt Stuart, Ying Tang, Nick Turpin, Alex Webb.
The exhibition of more than 30 world’s best street photographers – selected by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren, authors of an album on street photography – shall be accompanied by a presentation of works by Polish photographers.
"Street Photography Here and Now". We do not wish to claim that “street” was invented by us, nor that it is our national trend. We just notice that plenty of people take photographs in the street. Paradoxically, not all of them are called street photos.
Capturing amusing moments of the daily life, catching people red-handed and at moments of oblivion, pointing out absurdities – this is what street photographers do. The spectators can laugh, can see a haiku-like concise story, but most of all they have the pleasure of looking at scenes which they pass in the streets. Common. Everyday. Unnoticeable when they occur.
Feel invited to get to know the Polish variety of street photo. Next to foreign photos, taken abroad, we show ours (and not only ours) backyards, streets and alleys – through the eyes of mostly young people, not necessarily professional photographers. Some of them feel they continue in the footsteps of Eliott Erwitt or Robert Doisneau, others claim to be unsullied like Henri Lartigue. Yet others leave their desks at 4:00 PM, when the sun shines its magic, and yield to the rhythm of their cities.
The exhibition is organized in cooperation with Third Floor Gallery from Cardiff, University of Wales in Newport and with the Thames & Hudson publishing house.
Related LinksThurs & Fri 3 - 8 PM
Sat & Sun 12 - 8 PM
The Museum of Printing
Marszałkowska street no. 3/5
Warsaw,
Poland